How this OpenAI engineer uses Codex + ChatGPT Work to automate everything

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

August 3, 2026

Duration

41m

Channel

How I AI

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Nick Baumann is on the Developer Experience team at OpenAI, where he spends his days building with, testing, and communicating the capabilities of ChatGPT Codex and ChatGPT Work. In this episode, Nick walks me through several features that have launched or evolved recently: the new voice interface with its screen-reading orb, the Heartbeats automation system in ChatGPT Work on mobile, the live ChatGPT Sites deployment feature, and his personal use case for AI-assisted UGC video editing. *What you’ll learn:*

1. How two-person voice chat works
2. How Heartbeats work
3. How to build and deploy a live website with ChatGPT Sites
4. How to delegate a flight search, hotel booking, and expense report to Codex in a single voice conversation without opening a single app manually
5. Why ChatGPT Work on mobile is the most underutilized AI workflow for people already using the ChatGPT app
6. How to use a custom UGC Video plugin to feed 50 raw clips into ChatGPT, let it pull transcripts, pick the best takes, and assemble a finished vertical video overnight

*Brought to you by:* Bolt.new—Turn your idea into a real product: https://bolt.new/partner/howiai Hyperagent—Deploy fleets of agents that handle real work: https://www.hyperagent.com/howiai *In this episode, we cover:* (00:00) Introduction to Nick Baumann (02:56) What’s new in Codex (05:40) ChatGPT Work and Heartbeats (06:40) Live Codex voice demo (13:25) Latency vs. intelligence (14:36) Quick recap (15:04) Voice on mobile and the ChatGPT Sites workflow (21:24) Live UGC video demo (32:30) How I AI website results (34:04) Lightning round and final thoughts *Blog and detailed workflow walkthroughs from this episode:* Nick Baumann’s 3 Advanced ChatGPT Workflows: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/nick-baumanns-3-advanced-chatgpt-workflows ↳ Use ChatGPT Voice as a Personal Assistant for Logistics and Travel: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/use-chatgpt-voice-as-a-personal-assistant-for-logistics-and-travel ↳ Build and Deploy a Live Website with a Single ChatGPT Prompt: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/build-and-deploy-a-live-website-with-a-single-chatgpt-prompt *Tools referenced:*

• ChatGPT Codex: https://chatgpt.com/codex
• ChatGPT Sites: https://chatgpt.site

*Where to find Nick Baumann:* LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nick--baumann *Where to find Claire Vo:* ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/ Website: https://clairevo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ X: https://x.com/clairevo _Production and marketing by https://penname.co/._ _For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email jordan@penname.co._

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Nick Baumann

  guest

  OpenAI engineer (DX/developer experience), discussing Codex and ChatGPT Work automation workflows.

• Claire Vo

  host

  Host of How I AI with Claire Vo; product leader and AI-focused creator/interviewer.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of How I AI, featuring Nick Baumann and Claire Vo, How this OpenAI engineer uses Codex + ChatGPT Work to automate everything explores openAI engineer demos voice-driven Codex agents automating work and content Codex Voice acts as a screen-aware assistant that can spin up and coordinate multiple parallel threads to complete real tasks like booking travel and preparing expense reports without immediate supervision.

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